The iPad App Derby Gets Under Way — It can be difficult to write software for a gadget without being able to touch it. But that has not stopped developers from rushing to create applications for the Apple iPad. — For small start-ups and big Internet and media companies alike, the iPad …

Kindle for iPad and tablets makes the scene — It must be getting close to April 3rd because the iPad news is hotting up. Today we get our first glimpse at Amazon's free Kindle app for the iPad. We've also got a Barnes & Noble iPad app on the way, courtesy of a report in the New York Times …

Google set to announce China site closure — Google could reveal as early as Monday the closure of its Chinese search engine and its plan for the rest of its China operations, according to a person familiar with the situation. — The US internet giant said on January 12 it was no longer willing …

Hillcrest Labs Takes On Boxee With Kylo Web Video Browser — Hillcrest Labs has unveiled a new browser application called Kylo that is designed to make it easier for users to navigate web video content on their TV. Like Boxee, Kylo hopes to capitalize on the trend of consumers who are hooking …

Intel and AMD update desktop CPU lineups — Intel and AMD have both recently updated their desktop processor lineups and will launch several new CPUs including six-core and low- voltage processors, according to sources from motherboard makers. — Intel will soon launch …

My6sense Intros Attention API for Hyper-Relevant Web — Content is coming at us from every direction in the form of streams, from blogs to tweets to social networks. These streams are combining to become information waterfalls of noise from practically every direction …

Skype founders raise $165m for new fund — Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, the founders of Skype, have raised a new venture capital fund for investing in so-called “disruptive” early-stage European technology. — Atomico Ventures, the London-based group established by the pair in 2006 …

Why @ Is Held in Such High Design Esteem — NEW YORK — The French and Italians have nicknamed it the “snail.” The Norwegians have plumped for “pig's tail,” the Germans “monkey's tail,” and the Chinese “little mouse.” The Russians think of it as a dog, and the Finns as a slumbering cat.

The Man Corporations Love and Xenophobes Hate — During my recent trip to India, I flew down to Bangalore for one reason: To meet N.R. Narayana Murthy. Murthy is the co-founder, executive chairman and former CEO for 21 years of Infosys, the first Indian company to go public on Nasdaq …

Microsoft's browser loses market share in Europe — (Reuters) - Microsoft's Internet Explorer has lost market share in major European markets, such as France, Britain and Italy, after the U.S. software firm started to make it easier for European consumers to use competing browsers.

Why Google Made BitTorrent a Success — BitTorrent has emerged as the dominant filesharing protocol in recent years. Hundreds of millions of computers have a BitTorrent client installed and torrent sites are among the most frequently visited websites on the Internet.

Could Yap Be The Next Big Speech Recognition Player? — The speech recognition field has quietly gotten a little more crowded. Yap, a Charlotte, N.C.-based startup, today said it has been tapped to power Microsoft's Talk-to-Text mobile application, which Sprint offers to BlackBerry users.

Verizon Wireless set to launch mobile payment service — E-commerce payment system lets users charge $25 a month to Verizon Wireless accounts — Computerworld - Verizon Wireless customers will soon be able to charge up to $25 a month in online purchases to their Verizon Wireless accounts.